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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION...UPDATED 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1110 PM EDT TUE OCT 28 2008

UPDATED WINDS IN THE NW CARIBBEAN SEA BEHIND FRONT

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...
CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

SW N ATLC...
VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM
31N65W TO 21N77W WITH A STRONGER COLD FRONT IN THE PROCESS OF
OVERTAKING IT. THIS STRONGER FRONT IS ABOUT 180 NM NW OF THE
FIRST FRONT AND IS USHERING IN A BROAD AREA OF NW TO N WINDS OF 
20-25 KT PER AN 1118 HIGH-RES QSCAT PASS AND SHIP/BUOY 
OBSERVATIONS. THE MERGED FRONT WILL CONTINUE ITS RAPID SWEEP 
OVERNIGHT THEN STALL FROM 25N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE BY LATE 
WED WITH MODERATE NE WINDS OF 20-25 KT LINGERING W OF THE FRONT 
S OF 26N. HIGH PRESS BUILDS N OF THE STALLED BOUNDARY THU AND
FRI WITH NE WINDS OF 20-25 KT SPREADING OVER ALL AREAS NW OF THE 
BOUNDARY ON FRI. WINDS WEAKEN TEMPORARILY TO 15-20 KT SAT...BUT
INCREASE AGAIN TO 20-25 KT ON SUN.

GULF OF MEXICO...
COLD FRONT HAS SWEPT SE OF THE AREA WITH SATELLITE IMAGERY 
INDICATING A LARGE AREA OF CUMULUS CLOUD STREETS OVER THE GULF 
INDICATIVE OF STRONG TURBULENT MIXING WITH NLY WINDS OF 20-25 KT
OVER MOST OF THE GULF S OF 28N. NEAR SHORE PLATFORMS OVER THE N 
GULF ALREADY INDICATING WINDS HAVE DROPPED OFF TO 15 KT OR SO. 
SEAS ARE BEGINNING TO DROP BELOW 8 FT AS WELL. HIGH PRESS BUILDS 
ACROSS THE NRN GULF TONIGHT AND WED AND ALLOWS WINDS TO VEER NE 
TO E AND LIGHTEN TO 101-5 KT MOST AREAS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 
THE YUCATAN CHANNEL AND THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. HIGH PRESS 
STRENGTHENS AND BUILDS OVER THE MID ATLC THU AND FRI WITH NE 
WINDS INCREASING 20-25 KT OVER THE GULF E OF 90W. HIGH WEAKENS 
SAT AND SUN WITH NE WINDS OF 15-20 KT REMAINING OVER THE E GULF. 

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...UPPDATED 
A 2344 UTC QSCAT PASS SHOWED A SOLID AREA OF 25-30 KT WINDS NW 
OF THE STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM E CUBA TO NW HONDURAS.
HAVE UPDATED WINDS IN THE 1130 PM EDT OFFSHORES FORECAST FOR THE 
NW CARIBBEAN SEA TO REFLECT THIS OBSERVATION. A SEPARATE AREA OF 
NE 20 KT WINDS ARE NOTED WITHIN 75 NM OF THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. 
ELSEWHERE IN THE CARIBBEAN...QSCAT NOTED 10-15 KT WINDS. THE 
COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO THE 
HONDURAN/NICARAGUAN BORDER BY LATE WED THROUGH FRI. N TO NE 
WINDS OF 20-25 KT ARE FCST TO PERSIST NW OF THE FRONT THROUGH 
FRI. AS HIGH WEAKENS WINDS DECREASE TO 15-20 KT N OF THE 
LEFTOVER BOUNDARY ON SAT AND 10-15 KT SUN. IN THE TROPICAL N 
ATLC NE 15-20 KT WINDS N OF 19N ENHANCED BY A FRONTAL TROUGH 
JUST E OF THE ZONE...COMBINED WITH N SWELL IS PRODUCING 8-9 FT 
SEAS OVER THE N WATERS OF THE ZONE. SOME OF THIS SWELL HAS 
FILTERED THROUGH THE ANEGADA AND MONA PASSAGES. LITTLE CHANGE IN 
THE OVERALL SCENARIO IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH SEAS 
REMAINING 9 FT IN LONG PERIOD SWELL EMERGING FROM THE E ATLC. 

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER COBB/AGUIRRE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.